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Oh. Supreme Court smackdown. -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 18:59
whoa, he's been talking an hour already? time flies. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:59 4
- 45 minutes. They always start late. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 19:00 3
  - dubya was punctual. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 19:02 2
    - That's because he knew that his attention span could only handle 45 minutes. -- nm - Trish Jan 27, 19:05 1
      - on a good day. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 19:07
Boy, Ginsburg looks *really* frail. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 18:59 2
- I hope she hangs on as long as possible. I kind of dig her super insanely liberal style. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 19:02 1
  - What is totally awesome is that she considers Scalia a very close friend and he feels the same of her. I love that. -- nm - Redmond #1 Colts Fan Jan 27, 19:05
I can't remember ... what's at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. - loosilu Jan 27, 18:57 6
- in which direction? -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 19:00 1
  - hey, it's not my speech. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 19:00
- Bad areas, leading into PG county. I work near it. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 18:59 2
  - anacostia? -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 19:00 1
    - It goes over the Anacostia, yes. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 19:02
- Pennsylvania Court -- nm - Redmond #1 Colts Fan Jan 27, 18:58
Le Femme Nikita to get rebooted on the CW...produced by McG... -- (link) - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:57 2
- The CW: We've officially run out of new ideas. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 27, 19:00
- Sounds craptastic. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 18:58
they're all going to laugh at you -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 18:55
Rude Congress is rude. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 18:55 1
- heh. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:55
"If you have a better plan, then you do it!" -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 18:48
never mind Nancy, I think Biden has had something done. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:45 4
- YOU LIE! -- nm - joe biden Jan 27, 18:46
- I have a feeling 80% of DC heavyweight politicans have had something done -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 18:46 1
  - I am sure you are right. When I worked on the BRAC commission, it was weird ... to see what people looked like who went on TV. - loosilu Jan 27, 18:49
- Obama had his voice box removed -- nm - Redmond #1 Colts Fan Jan 27, 18:46
I'm getting a lot of websites down. Bing.com? can't get to it. - JaxSean Jan 27, 18:43 2
- That's okay, I fail at Chrome. Apparently you have to ctrl + scroll wheel to increase font every time you use the browser? - Qale Jan 27, 18:50
- ...and now I can. That was weird. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 18:44
The thing with college is, prices have gone up waaaaaaaay too fast. I don't know if him saying it makes any difference. - loosilu Jan 27, 18:43 13
- $15k in student loans is very little. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 27, 18:55 1
  - it didn't used to be a little. you have no idea. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 19:01
- I have the boys on a 4-years prepaid program. Couldn't imagine how less fortunate people do it. - Don Homer Jan 27, 18:50 2
  - that's fantastic. what school? Others do it by taking out insane loans. Or they don't do it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:53 1
    - Ideally any MD state school. - Don Homer Jan 27, 18:55
- This market will have to do what the housing market did eventually. People will stop paying. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 18:45 7
  - well, government loans make this happen slower. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:49 6
    - Cutting those loans and various other funding does a good job of dropping enrollment. - the liioulu with more snow and salt Jan 27, 18:51 3
      - but who's in the enrollment and how much do they end up owing? -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:52 2
        
        In this case Illinois residents who can't afford to go anywhere else. - the liioulu with more snow and salt Jan 27, 18:57 1
        
        my point is, you end up with a lot of students with enormous debt. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:58
    - this is totally 100% true. i wonder how long it will take everyone to figure this one out. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 18:50 1
      - we were saying this back in the 1980s. So far it is still going. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:52
"In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program around is a world-class education." - nubby Jan 27, 18:40
Todd (my dir of accreditation, who is also on my flight) wants to know: Nancy pelosi: plastic surgery or no? -- nm - amanda Jan 27, 18:39 7
- yes...she needs it. -- nm - Mel - gay for Pixie Jan 27, 18:50
- most definitely. see a comparison here (scroll a little). nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 27, 18:43 1
  - the first girl on that page should NEVER have done surgery. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:44
- yes. I think she botoxed before she became speaker. -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:42
- I think probably yes. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:41
- Yes -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 18:40
- Yes, but...lipstick on a pig. -- nm - Inigo Jan 27, 18:40
hey Loosi you're ginger buddy actor popped up on an episode of Fringe. -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:38 4
- I'm what? - loosilu Jan 27, 18:39 3
  - your ginger buddy who was on Oz. -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:40 2
    - oh, Sean! cool. Thought he was doing stage stuff lately. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:40 1
      - small part. -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:43
Sweet, just got Bing cashback for my PS3. The purchase is officially worth it. -- nm - Jelly Jan 27, 18:38 3
- Hmm...that reminds me to go check mine. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 18:40 2
  - "You can request your cashback reward in 1 days." woohoo! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 18:47 1
    - Nice. -- nm - Jelly Jan 27, 19:24
unanimous winners: tax cuts for business and clean energy -- nm - psilotum Jan 27, 18:37
Zac Efron to star in the movie adaptation of the Bendis comic book, Fire. -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 18:37
amanda, which terminal are you at? - ty97 Jan 27, 18:36 5
- Yeah why? (how does everyone complain about delays at phl? This? This is inhumane.) -- nm - amanda Jan 27, 18:37 4
  - I've been in Two twice, I think. Cramped terminal, you have my sympathies. - ty97 Jan 27, 18:39
  - Are you there stalking for me? -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 18:38 2
    - Job interview. I didn't have time to stalk a single beer even while I was here, let alone a hot dude. -- nm - amanda Jan 27, 18:42 1
      - interview...in Chicago.......*intrigued* -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 18:44
Dems are for nuclear power now? how times have changes. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:35 17
- My congressman (John Hall) was an organizer of the No Nukes concerts and now the district he represents contains a large nuclear plant. - Tim Jan 27, 18:48
- Well once people figured out how safe it is. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 18:37 13
  - and the technology progressed. -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:39 11
    - partly because it wasn't stopped in places like France. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:39 10
      - bout time The French proved their worth. -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:40 9
        
        hello, wine! -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:41 8
        
        meh. I don't drink wine. -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:42 7
        
        fine. Vaccines. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:44 6
        
        what have they done for me lately? -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:47 5
        
        are you still alive and walking on two feet? have your vision and hearing? any facial disfigurment or scars on your lungs? - loosilu Jan 27, 18:48 4
        
        yeah but that was centuries ago. -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:55 3
        
        *eye roll* -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:56 2
        
        see! right again! -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 19:00 1
        
        you've got a smackdown coming. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 19:01
  - only took 20 years. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:37
- about flippin time -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:37 1
  - seriously. anit-nukers in the 80s helped get us where we are now. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:37
Is this a rerun? -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 18:32 1
- He just advocated offshore drilling. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 18:35
oh boy, I think I'm trouble. - ty97 Jan 27, 18:32 9
- He shouldn't rush. The Chicago market isn't that good. - the liioulu with more snow and salt Jan 27, 18:34 2
  - The first time buyer's credit expires in three months. - ty97 Jan 27, 18:35 1
    - Still leaves him some time. -- nm - the liioulu with more snow and salt Jan 27, 18:36
- are you telling the truth? then you have nothing to feel bad about. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:33
- offering your opinion shouldn't get you in trouble -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 18:32 4
  - Part of the problem is that I was very excited about the last place he offered on - ty97 Jan 27, 18:34 3
    - it is your job to tell him the truth. not to make him feel good. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:36 2
      - yes, but that doesn't change the fact that he's sorta pissed. - ty97 Jan 27, 18:37 1
        
        like I said, you're doing the right thing. Lying to him, about the biggest purchase of his life, is not the right thing. - loosilu Jan 27, 18:40
speaking of jobs, tonight I am drinking a Cab Sauvignon that was given to me last year by one of the managers who got me fired. - loosilu Jan 27, 18:30 2
- You should send them a thank you pic of you happy, drinking it. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with more snow and salt Jan 27, 18:33 1
  - heh. well, I'm looking at the office (which is visible from my window), toasting them. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:38
*drinks* -- nm - psilotum Jan 27, 18:30
Small business stimulus: $30 million in new lending, tax cuts on job creation and capital gains. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 18:27
help, please. avi files from 2004, need codec. cnet download of a codec player didn't help. help! -- nm - b. Jan 27, 18:27 9
- hmm, could you install another video player, like vlc? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 18:40 1
  - what bery posted -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 18:41
- videolan client should play them -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 27, 18:34 2
  - that didn't work, but it did tell me what's wrong. something re: IV50, which I'm now googling. thanks! -- nm - b. Jan 27, 18:41 1
    - omg. microsoft sucks! but internet people rock - y'all plus strangers on a msft board got me what I needed. woo! nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 27, 18:58
- google the ffdshow codecs -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:29 3
  - there are ffdshow inclusions in what I tried - it's different? -- nm - b. Jan 27, 18:33 2
    - well they update every now and then. that's what I use to play avi's -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:34 1
      - ok, thanks. I'm going to try bery's first, as I'd have to uninstall the cnet one before installing yours. -- nm - b. Jan 27, 18:36
Fuck small bizness! -- nm - GOP Jan 27, 18:27
Oh Chrome, it's been too long. How have you been? -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 18:25
So are they required to laugh at his bad jokes? -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 18:22 1
- 6th ammendment -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 18:25
I think I got about 35 right on Jeopardy. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 18:22
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That was a lesson in futility. For the first 10 questions of the Jeopard yon line test I couldn't type anything in. *sigh* - the liioulu with more snow and salt Jan 27, 18:15 1
- ugh, sorry. -- nm - b. Jan 27, 18:19
The Facebook feed is ahead of MSNBC. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 18:14 5
- I'm on MSNBC. is this the ST channel of choice?' -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:17 4
  - I watching PBS. It's the best HD channel I get on my antenna. - psilotum Jan 27, 18:20
  - *shrug* I'm just as bad as the Faux News-ers. I watch it because I agree with their agenda. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 18:19 2
    - I watch it for Chris Jansing and Norah O'donnel -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:30 1
      - I watch MSNBC for Mika Brzezinski. She is my hero since the Paris Hilton story. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:31
mus. - b. Jan 27, 18:14 2
- Gotcha. - musubi Jan 27, 18:20 1
  - :) - -- nm - b. Jan 27, 18:21
Wow, not sure I would use a Bull run analogy. Eesh haven't we hurt the Indians enough? -- nm - Redmond #1 Colts Fan Jan 27, 18:13 3
- he called it Bull Run. that's pro-Northern. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:13 2
  - It's pro United States -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 18:15 1
    - I live in VIrginia. It's Manassas. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:16
YOU LIE! -- nm - Rep. Joe Wilson Jan 27, 18:12 3
- I still can't get used to being able to listen to the SOTU without weeping. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:13 2
  - Yeah, I think it's pretty sad how much bullshit we let all these clowns get away with too. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 18:14 1
    - seriously, I should not be excited by this. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:16
mara, you are my forgetting-soulmate. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:09
why why why do children like me? go away from me, annoying non-english speaking twins in the airport lounge! -- nm - amanda Jan 27, 18:07 11
- Tell them to DEAL WITH IT and eat a big ball of cheese. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 18:33
- I love random little kids. I don't care if it makes me a pollyanna. - loosilu Jan 27, 18:15 2
  - they're obnoxious as shit. running around. throwing their stuffed animals. shrieking. so cute. - amanda Jan 27, 18:18 1
    - did you figure out what non-english language it is? -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:22
- stupid chicago urchins -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 18:11 4
  - seriously. go tou *your mother,* children. she speaks the same language as you! they' -- nm - amanda Jan 27, 18:13 3
    - re standing directly in front of me, speaking non-english *at me.* do I look like I speak non-english?? -- nm - amanda Jan 27, 18:14 2
      - Si. -- nm - the liioulu with more snow and salt Jan 27, 18:18
      - "that woman is not our mother. call the police, good lady" -- nm - what they're really saying Jan 27, 18:16
- They're like cats. They always go to the one person in the room that's allergic to them :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 27, 18:09 1
  - cats LOVE my dad although he claims to detest them. it's very funny. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:10
wonders what david thinks of borderlands. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 18:00 4
- I played the crap out of it a couple weekends ago and thought it was awesome. - Tim Jan 27, 18:05 3
  - so much fun. -- nm - Soap McRemlik Jan 27, 18:20 1
    - you gonna play any mw2 tonight? - tRuMaN Jan 27, 18:27
  - Is it similar to Warcraft? -- nm - Inigo Jan 27, 18:12
I plan to watch Obama's message tonight. I plan to take Vicodin at any indication of pain, so that I will have a good night of sleep. -- nm - email from my mom Jan 27, 18:00 4
- my dad is sitting at home snarking at the TV as we speak. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 18:08
- Why can't we liberals be smarmy in emails as well as they can? -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 18:00 2
  - spoiler - psilotum Jan 27, 18:04
  - It's not the same level of sport for us. - the liioulu whith too many h's Jan 27, 18:02

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